Biodiversity means business: Reframing global biodiversity goals for the private sector
Abstract The Convention on Biological Diversity strategic goals direct the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity from global to local scales. Yet business’ role in meeting the strategic goals and being accountable for their impacts and dependencies on biodiversity are still not fully and...
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| author | Thomas Smith Lucy Beagley Joseph Bull E. J. Milner‐Gulland Matt Smith Francis Vorhies Prue F. E. Addison |
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| description | Abstract The Convention on Biological Diversity strategic goals direct the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity from global to local scales. Yet business’ role in meeting the strategic goals and being accountable for their impacts and dependencies on biodiversity are still not fully and coherently outlined. We demonstrate how business actions can contribute to the strategic goals using 10 publicly available case studies, covering businesses of various sizes, from multiple sectors, operating in different contexts. The case studies show some businesses already contribute to meeting biodiversity goals, often without realizing. We consider the drivers of business engagement with biodiversity; problems in interpreting the scale of impacts through corporate reporting; the implications for changing the way businesses engage with biodiversity goals; and how businesses could contribute more under the post‐2020 framework for biodiversity. We call for increased business accountability for nature and that all in conservation—policymakers, practitioners, researchers, communities—do more to connect businesses with the strategic goals. Clearer business roles and responsibilities within international targets form a critical step toward the fundamental systems‐level change required to reverse biodiversity loss. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e2c4084286a3439e83fd47fc31c25a1b2022-12-21T18:53:56ZengWileyConservation Letters1755-263X2020-01-01131n/an/a10.1111/conl.12690Biodiversity means business: Reframing global biodiversity goals for the private sectorThomas Smith0Lucy Beagley1Joseph Bull2E. J. Milner‐Gulland3Matt Smith4Francis Vorhies5Prue F. E. Addison6Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JTBiodiversity and Ecosystems Unit Joint Nature Conservation Committee Peterborough UKDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation University of Kent UKDepartment of Zoology University of Oxford Oxford UKBiodiversity and Ecosystems Unit Joint Nature Conservation Committee Peterborough UKAfrican Wildlife Economy Institute Stellenbosch University SAInterdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science, Department of Zoology University of Oxford Oxford UKAbstract The Convention on Biological Diversity strategic goals direct the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity from global to local scales. Yet business’ role in meeting the strategic goals and being accountable for their impacts and dependencies on biodiversity are still not fully and coherently outlined. We demonstrate how business actions can contribute to the strategic goals using 10 publicly available case studies, covering businesses of various sizes, from multiple sectors, operating in different contexts. The case studies show some businesses already contribute to meeting biodiversity goals, often without realizing. We consider the drivers of business engagement with biodiversity; problems in interpreting the scale of impacts through corporate reporting; the implications for changing the way businesses engage with biodiversity goals; and how businesses could contribute more under the post‐2020 framework for biodiversity. We call for increased business accountability for nature and that all in conservation—policymakers, practitioners, researchers, communities—do more to connect businesses with the strategic goals. Clearer business roles and responsibilities within international targets form a critical step toward the fundamental systems‐level change required to reverse biodiversity loss.https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12690business case for biodiversityconservation policyConvention on Biological Diversitycorporate reportingcorporate sustainabilitystrategic development goals |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Smith Lucy Beagley Joseph Bull E. J. Milner‐Gulland Matt Smith Francis Vorhies Prue F. E. Addison Biodiversity means business: Reframing global biodiversity goals for the private sector Conservation Letters business case for biodiversity conservation policy Convention on Biological Diversity corporate reporting corporate sustainability strategic development goals |
| title | Biodiversity means business: Reframing global biodiversity goals for the private sector |
| title_full | Biodiversity means business: Reframing global biodiversity goals for the private sector |
| title_fullStr | Biodiversity means business: Reframing global biodiversity goals for the private sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biodiversity means business: Reframing global biodiversity goals for the private sector |
| title_short | Biodiversity means business: Reframing global biodiversity goals for the private sector |
| title_sort | biodiversity means business reframing global biodiversity goals for the private sector |
| topic | business case for biodiversity conservation policy Convention on Biological Diversity corporate reporting corporate sustainability strategic development goals |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12690 |
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